# Accident 20030516012339A: Piper PA18150, Kenai, AK, May 16, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2003, 18:00 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5833° N, 151.2167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5833&lon=-151.2167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N814JM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N814JM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,720 total, 550 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC03LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030516012339A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) PILOT STATED HE WAS LANDING AT A SMALL PRIVATE STRIP NEAR HIS HOME. HE SAID THE RIGHT WHEEL HIT A SOFT SPOT ON THE EDGE OF THE NARROW RUNWAY AND WENT OVER ON ITS BACK. HE SAID AFTER GIVING HIS STATEMENT TO NTSB, HE WENT BACK OUT AND WALKED THE RUNWAY AND FOUND THAT THE SIDES WERE QUITE SOFT WHERE SHIELDED FROM THE SUN. HE ALSO SAID HE HAD WHAT HE ESTIMATED AS A 20 KNOT CROSSWIND AND MAY HAVE PUSHED HIM OVER ENOUGH TO PUT THE WHEEL INTO SOFT GROUND. HE SAID THAT BRUSH IS GROWING UP ALL ALONG THE SIDES AND ENCROACHING ONTO THE RUNWAY AND HE IS CLOSING IT FOREVER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC03LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA050), May 17, 2003: Piper PA-18-160 (N814JM), Kenai, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to compensate for gusting wind conditions during the landing flare, which resulted in the airplane encountering brush, and nosing over. Factors contributing to the accident were…

## Other reports on N814JM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19950805028659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950805028659A), Aug 5, 1995: Piper PA18150 (N814JM), Port Alsworth, AK, Substantial damage. Lost 15 inches prop blade en route for game spotting. Landed in alders. Prop prior straightened due prop strike.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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